On 28th January 2013, the AV-TEST Institute will be awarding the AV-TEST AWARD for the best IT security products for protection against malware of the year 2012 in the categories of PROTECTION, REPAIR and USABILITY. In the field of home-user products, the companies F-Secure, Bitdefender and Symantec were able to successfully come out on top against other well-known providers in the independent certification procedure for 2012, while the providers Kaspersky and Symantec achieved the award in the field of corporate products.

The AV-TEST AWARD BEST PROTECTION 2012 for home-user products will be presented to F-Secure Internet Security and the winner of this category in the field of corporate products is Kaspersky Endpoint Security

The AV-TEST AWARD FOR BEST REPAIR 2012 for home-user products will be presented to Bitdefender Internet Security and the winner of this category in the field of corporate products is Kaspersky Endpoint Security.

The AV-TEST AWARD FOR BEST USABILITY 2012 for home-user products will be presented to Symantec Norton Internet Security and the winner of this category in the field of corporate products is Symantec Endpoint Protection.

http://www.av-test.org/en/test-procedures/award/2012